The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Glutamate Receptor, Metabotropic 8 across different species:

glutamate receptor, metabotropic 8 (GRM8), glutamate receptor, metabotropic 8 (Grm8), metabotropic glutamate receptor 8 (MGLUR8), metabotropic glutamate receptor 8 (LOAG_14062)

Other aliases include:

GLUR8, mGlu8, GPRC1H, MGLUR8, FLJ41058, MGC126724, Gprc1h, mGluR8, A230002O04, Glur8, mGlur, Mglur8, mGluR8b, GRM8

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Glutamate Receptor, Metabotropic 8:

glutamate receptor, metabotropic 8 – OTTHUMP00000024506 – OTTHUMP00000069010 – OTTHUMP00000199504 – glutamate metabotropic receptor 8 – metabotropic glutamate receptor 8 – OTTMUSP00000023554 – OTTMUSP00000023555 – G protein coupled receptor, family C, group 1, member H – G protein-coupled receptor, family C, group 1, member H – metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 8b – G protein-coupled receptor family C group 1 member H – metabotropic type glutamate receptor 8

Glutamate Receptor, Metabotropic 8 fulfills a number of functions:

G-protein coupled receptor activity – glutamate receptor activity – receptor activity – group III metabotropic glutamate receptor activity – signal transducer activity

Glutamate Receptor, Metabotropic 8 is relevant to the following processes:

G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – negative regulation of adenylate cyclase activity – negative regulation of cAMP biosynthetic process – response to stimulus – sensory perception of smell – signal transduction – visual perception – inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity by metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling pathway – regulation of neurotransmitter secretion – synaptic transmission – synaptic transmission, glutamatergic – neuroprotection – sensory perception of pain

Locations for Glutamate Receptor, Metabotropic 8:

integral to plasma membrane – plasma membrane – integral to membrane – membrane – neuron projection – neuronal cell body – presynaptic membrane – postsynaptic membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology